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Announcements

Moed C will be held in Taub 8
Created on 25/4/2010, 08:36:05  
Moed C
Moed C will held at Thursday 29/4 12:30-15:30. The location will be published in the next couple of days.
Created on 20/4/2010, 21:15:25  
Moed C
Students who plan on participating in the Moed C (and of course are eligible) are requested to email Gil no later than 12/4 saying so.
Last updated on 8/4/2010, 21:18:29  
Moed B grades
Moed B grades were published. Your exam grade is given in the MOED_B column and your final grade in the course (including the exam grade, hw and factor) is given in the FINAL_B column.

Appeals: The scans of the exams will be accessed in the next couple of days. Appeals must be sent to Gil as in Moed A (using the template file) no later than 20/4.

p.s. not to worry if you haven't approached moed B and from some reason got 20 on it. This will not affect your final grade..

Last updated on 6/4/2010, 18:33:12  
Reception hours before moed b
The course staff will hold reception hours before Moed B at the following times:

Gil - Tuesday 13:30, Taub 321
Roy - Tuesday 14:30, Taub 631
Ofir - Tuesday 15:30, Taub 401
Elad - Wednesday 9:30, Taub 510

Last updated on 15/3/2010, 19:53:36  
Moed A - Grades
Moed A grades were published. A factor of 7 points was given. Your exam grade is given in the MOED_A column and your final grade in the course (including the exam grade, hw and factor) is given in the FINAL_A column.

Appeals: The scans of the exams will be accessed in the next couple of days, and Moed B is on next Wednesday. Therefore appeals must be sent to us ASAP. In order to handle your appeals as fast as possible, please sent your appeals by mail. A template file for appeals will be available at the Coure Material section of the website. All appeals must be send no later then Sunday to the mail coheng at gmail dot com, with the title - Moed A appeal, using the template file (no need to send the exam scan).

Last updated on 8/3/2010, 11:35:12  
Assignment 5 checked
Assignment 5 was checked and graded.
You can collect the HW from the secretariat tomorrow afternoon.
Students who wish to appeal, should contact Elad till 23/02/10.
Created on 9/2/2010, 16:35:15  
Reception hour before Moed A
The course staff will hold reception hours before Moed A at the following times:

Gil - Sunday 14/2, 15:00
Roy - Monday 15/2, 15:30
Ofir - Tuesday 16/2, 15:00
Elad - Wednesday 17/2, 14:00

Created on 9/2/2010, 10:38:34  
Information regarding Moed A
Moed A will be held on Thursday, 18.2 starting at 13:00.
The exam will be held with closed material.
You are allowed to bring a single A4 paper written on both sides.
We wish you all good luck in your exams !
Created on 9/2/2010, 10:32:15  
Assignment 4 checked
Assignment 4 was checked and graded.
You can collect the HW from the secretariat .
Students who wish to appeal, should contact Elad till 15/02/10.
Created on 1/2/2010, 14:35:21  
Gils' reception hour
will be held at room 320 instead of 321 today, by Ofir.
Created on 18/1/2010, 09:23:21  
Assignment 3 checked
Assignment 3 was checked and graded.
You can collect the HW from the secretariat tomorrow afternoon.
Students who wish to appeal, should contact Ofir till 1/02/10.
Created on 16/1/2010, 21:34:46  
Extra recitation published
The extra recitation that Ofir did last week is now published
under Course Material->Tutorials
Last updated on 12/1/2010, 22:08:19  
Assignment 5 - correction
In question 44 the given graph is DAG (directed acyclic graph).
Created on 10/1/2010, 20:50:29  
Assignment 2 checked
Assignment 2 was checked and graded.
You can collect the HW from the secretariat.
Students who wish to appeal, should contact Ofir till 21/01/10.
Last updated on 10/1/2010, 11:24:35  
Assignment 4 - deadline delayed
Due to many students request, you may submit assignment 4 till Sunday (10/1). Note that the deadline for assignment 5 hasn't changed (it is the last day of the semester).
Created on 6/1/2010, 17:39:08  
Assignment 5 updated
Question 4 was removed from the assignment.
Created on 5/1/2010, 23:31:49  
Gil's reception hour
Gil's reception hour tomorrow (4/1/10) will not be held.
Created on 3/1/2010, 23:59:14  
Extra Recitation
On Tuesday, 17:30-18:30, Ofir will do an extra recitation right after his regular recitation in Taub 3.
This is not part of the formal recitations, but an extra recitation with problems not from the course slides.
Students from other classes are welcome to attend as well.

Also, Ofir's reception hours this week will be on Thursday, 13:30-14:30.
Created on 3/1/2010, 20:40:28  
Assignment 5 (the last one!) published
The TA in charge of the assignment - Elad.
We published the assignment earlier so to allow students who wish to work on it soon the chance to do so.
Last updated on 30/12/2009, 00:09:31  
Assignment 4 published
The TA in charge of the assignment - Elad.
Bare in mind you have less time than usual, though the assignment is shorter.
Created on 27/12/2009, 15:27:01  
Recommended link - solutions to questions from Tel-Aviv university
A link to a document containing solutions to questions appeared in exams in Tel-Aviv university can be found under the Link section. Note that question 31 in that document is the exercise presented at the sixth recitation (the same exercise you requested a solution for).
Created on 23/12/2009, 22:12:16  
Midterm solutions
The midterm solutions can be found under Course Material > Other Materials.
Created on 23/12/2009, 22:08:47  
Assignment 3 - correction
In question 3 you need to conclude that chi(G) <= d_(chi(G)) + 1 rather than chi(G) <= d_(chi(G)+1) + 1
Created on 19/12/2009, 15:05:42  
Good news - assignment 3 was republised
The TA in charge of the assignment - Ofir.
Created on 11/12/2009, 10:09:25  
Assignment 3 - delay
Please ignore assignment 3 for now. We will publish it (perhaps with different questions) later on.
Created on 6/12/2009, 16:02:05  
Assignment 3 published
The TA in charge of the assignment - Ofir.
Created on 5/12/2009, 15:40:48  
Assignment 1 checked
Assignment 1 was checked and graded. You can collect the HW from the secretariat. Students who wish to appeal, should contact Ofir till 10/12/9.
Students with the following IDs are suspected of cheating and must come to Gil's office tomorrow between 11:00-12:30 for confession or clarification.

036525780
201140738, 200769107
066146440, 312813165
200803575, 200767168
200447001
036444123
300652054, 300999513

Students that will be found cheating in the course will automatically fail it! As for the other cheaters (those who didn't get caught) - please understand that unless you'll solve the assignments by yourselves, you are most likely fail the exam.

Last updated on 29/11/2009, 11:25:22  
Midterm simulation
Under Course Material > Other Materials you can find a document containing a midterm for you to practice on. You are advised to solve it in your own time so to see if you have a good grasp of the material thought so far. The midterm will of course not be graded. We'll publish solution sketches in approximately two weeks. Make the most out of this!
Created on 24/11/2009, 21:32:28  
Assignment 2 published
The assignment was published a bit ahead of time for those of you who wants to start early.
The TA in charge of the assignment is Ofir. All questions and requests should be directed to him. Good luck!
Last updated on 14/11/2009, 09:59:35  
Assignment transfer
All assignments transfers for eligible stdudents were made. Let us remind you that only students who have passed an exam in algorithm are eligible. For any question or problem please contact Gil.
Last updated on 11/11/2009, 08:48:19  
Assignments transfer
Students who wish to transfer their assignments from previous semesters must do so by the coming Sunday (8/11) by sending a mail to Gil. All assignments transfer will be handled together.
Created on 2/11/2009, 13:48:47  
Assignment 1 published
Please note that unless specified otherwise, for each algorithm you design you must give a correctness proof and analyze its time-complexity.
The TA in charge of the assignment is Ofir. All questions and requests should be directed to him.
Good luck!
Created on 2/11/2009, 11:09:11  
New Lecture Group
Due to a large increase in the number of registered students to the course,
a new lecture group has been opened.
The new lecture group will be held on Tuesday, 12:30 - 14:30, Taub 9, and
will be given by Roy.
As a result of this change, Gil is the new TA in charge.
We also welcome Ofir as a new TA in the course.
Created on 25/10/2009, 14:31:57  
Algorithms 1 (234247) - Welcome !
Welcome to the Algorithms 1 course.
All information about the course can be found on the site
(staff, syllabus, tutorials and homework).

We wish you a good semester !

Algorithms 1 course staff.
Created on 11/10/2009, 20:59:42